<p>Can someone please describe to me the difference between a Liberal Arts College and a regular Undergraduate University? This is probably a dumb question (as noted in my incredibly astute thread title :)).</p>
<p>I’m no expert but I believe liberal arts are much smaller, private colleges that focus heavily on the academic relationships, so they have much smaller classes and more connection between professor/student.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think you might get more answers from the caring people that post on CC if you avoid using language that could offend.</p>
<p>I apologize if the title offended you, but unfortunately I don’t see a way to edit it.</p>
<p>don’t worry about…some people are just wayyyy to sensitive on this forum.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t regard myself as overly sensitive and I found the title incredibly rude and completely unnecessary. Return when you have matured a bit more and hopefully by then people will be more willing to help you.</p>
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<p>Starting to see what you mean, lol.</p>
<p>i’m not sensitive and it didn’t offend me, but it was definitely unnecessary.</p>
<p>It’s offensive, without a doubt.</p>
<p>Moderator Note: Thread now retitled.
Carry on.</p>
<p>Yes, I am fully aware that it could be considered offensive. Note how I said “I apologize if it offended you” three hours ago. Talk about unnecessary, now necessary do you think it is to have ten people all say the same thing? Well, it’s really not. Like I said, I would change it if I could, but I can’t. </p>
<p>If you want to start a “Godfather is offensive” club, be my guest, however, I still would appreciate some more insight regarding Liberal Arts Colleges. Would it be possible for the club to coexist with the help I’m asking for?</p>
<p>Edit: Thank you for retitling the thread.</p>
<p>Sometimes it is better to ask google, or wikipedia. They are more difficult to offend, btw.</p>
<p>[Liberal</a> arts college - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_college]Liberal”>Liberal arts college - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I was pretty sure I knew the answers - LACs are colleges - thus tend to emphasize undergrad education, as opposed to universities that emphasize research.</p>
<p>Ahh, good old Wikipedia. Thanks for the link.</p>
<p>I hate to contradict you and sound arrogant at the same time, but if I set my mind to it, I’m sure that I will be able to offend Wikipedia :D</p>
<p>I read the title so many times before I found the moderator note that said the thread had been retitled. LOL. I thought I was missing something.</p>
<p>Liberal arts colleges in general do not offer any graduate degrees, although some do offer a few masters degrees.</p>
<p>This gets really confusing when you consider Dartmouth College vs Wesleyan and Colgate University.</p>
<p>Some universities have liberal arts colleges within them (Columbia, Chicago, Tufts are some examples.) Some don’t. Many uni’s undergraduate programs offer a liberal arts education; some don’t.</p>
<p>The liberal arts perspective favors a more general education. Some university educations favor specialization, like a business or hospitality degree. A student must apply into a particular school or major, which the liberal arts approach does not require.</p>